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Clean Vessel Act Grants and Pumpout Location Map

The Clean Vessel Act (CVA) of 1992 was signed into law to reduce pollution from vessel sewage discharges, prohibiting the discharge of raw sewage into fresh water or within coastal salt-water limits. The act established a federal grant program administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which to date has awarded nearly $150 million for states to install thousands of sewage pumpout stations.

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Clean Vessel Act Grant- Funding Opportunity

Request for Applications- Funding available

The Clean Vessel Act Grant Program was established to provide funding to States to construct, renovate, operate, and maintain pumpout stations and waste reception facilities for recreational boaters and to inform boaters about the use, benefits, and availability of pumpout stations and waste reception facilities. The grant program funds 75% of the project costs. This includes the cost of new equipment, or the renovation or upgrading of existing equipment, as well as necessary pumps, piping, fitting, lift stations, on-site holding tanks, pier or dock modifications, signs, permits and other miscellaneous equipment needed for a complete and efficient station. As a grant recipient, you are responsible for at least 25% of the installed costs and this 25% match can be cash, the fair market value of any labor or materials provided, or a combination thereof.

Plans for construction and renovation of pumpout stations in the coastal zone necessary to ensure that these stations are adequate and convenient to meet the needs of recreational boaters using coastal waters of the State.

Programs to identify all operational pumpouts, and surveys of recreational vessels in coastal waters with holding tanks or portable toilets and the areas where those vessels congregate in the coastal zone. Also eligible are costs of developing a list, including chart coordinates, or all operational pumpouts in the coastal zone for submission.